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diff --git a/lib/dfa.h b/lib/dfa.h
index fea815d..c5bff89 100644
--- a/lib/dfa.h
+++ b/lib/dfa.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* dfa.h - declarations for GNU deterministic regexp compiler
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1998, 2007, 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1988, 1998, 2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -31,15 +31,21 @@ struct dfamust
bool exact;
bool begline;
bool endline;
- char *must;
+ char must[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
};
/* The dfa structure. It is completely opaque. */
struct dfa;
+/* Needed when Gnulib is not used. */
+#ifndef _GL_ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC
+# define _GL_ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC
+#endif
+
/* Entry points. */
/* Allocate a struct dfa. The struct dfa is completely opaque.
+ It should be initialized via dfasyntax or dfacopysyntax before other use.
The returned pointer should be passed directly to free() after
calling dfafree() on it. */
extern struct dfa *dfaalloc (void) _GL_ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
@@ -56,8 +62,7 @@ enum
DFA_EOL_NUL = 1 << 1
};
-/* Initialize or reinitialize a DFA. This must be called before
- any of the routines below. The arguments are:
+/* Initialize or reinitialize a DFA. The arguments are:
1. The DFA to operate on.
2. Information about the current locale.
3. Syntax bits described in regex.h.
@@ -65,16 +70,24 @@ enum
extern void dfasyntax (struct dfa *, struct localeinfo const *,
reg_syntax_t, int);
-/* Build and return the struct dfamust from the given struct dfa. */
+/* Initialize or reinitialize a DFA from an already-initialized DFA. */
+extern void dfacopysyntax (struct dfa *, struct dfa const *);
+
+/* Parse the given string of given length into the given struct dfa. */
+extern void dfaparse (char const *, ptrdiff_t, struct dfa *);
+
+/* Allocate and return a struct dfamust from a struct dfa that was
+ initialized by dfaparse and not yet given to dfacomp. */
extern struct dfamust *dfamust (struct dfa const *);
/* Free the storage held by the components of a struct dfamust. */
extern void dfamustfree (struct dfamust *);
/* Compile the given string of the given length into the given struct dfa.
- Final argument is a flag specifying whether to build a searching or an
- exact matcher. */
-extern void dfacomp (char const *, size_t, struct dfa *, bool);
+ The last argument says whether to build a searching or an exact matcher.
+ A null first argument means the struct dfa has already been
+ initialized by dfaparse; the second argument is ignored. */
+extern void dfacomp (char const *, ptrdiff_t, struct dfa *, bool);
/* Search through a buffer looking for a match to the given struct dfa.
Find the first occurrence of a string matching the regexp in the
@@ -89,7 +102,7 @@ extern void dfacomp (char const *, size_t, struct dfa *, bool);
encountered a back-reference. The caller can use this to decide
whether to fall back on a backtracking matcher. */
extern char *dfaexec (struct dfa *d, char const *begin, char *end,
- bool allow_nl, size_t *count, bool *backref);
+ bool allow_nl, ptrdiff_t *count, bool *backref);
/* Return a superset for D. The superset matches everything that D
matches, along with some other strings (though the latter should be